In your word processor create a file. Save the file under the name xx-409a-g24-report2
but change the default for the type of file as "Web page (filtered)". Replace the xx with your last name (which will be
the name of the folder where you upload all your own work). Be sure to use the exact same file name, lower case letters, with the hyphens and no spaces. You will be using this file to enter all the sections as you progressively write them.

Step 2:

Read all the questions first. There are five questions you must answer from the
set given below. The entire question should always be pasted at the beginning of
your answer and marked as follows: The Question I am answering is Question xx

My Home Page: www.soc.hawaii.edu/leon/40as2006/xx/xx-409a-g24-home.htm
(Note: replace xx with your last name which should also be the name of your
folder. Do not use upper case letters in file or folder names).

(d) Spell check your document and upload this file
(the computer automatically adds .htm to your file name when you save it as a
Web page). You must upload the .htm version by saving it as a Web Page.
Do not upload a .doc file. Sometimes you need to upload a folder along with the file -- see FTP Uploading
Instructions at:
www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/leonj/leonpsy24/g24-ftp.htm . After uploading the file view it with your Web browser by going to your folder on
the Web. Check it for mistakes and to see if it looks as you want it to look.

Do all the links work?

Are the Sections clearly marked?

Is there confusion about where
something starts or ends?

Are all your paragraphs separated by
a blank line ? (It's easier to read that way)

Are all your paragraphs less than 7
lines?

Make the changes in your word
processor and upload the new version. It will replace the old version. Check it
again and repeat until it's just right.

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Your Report 2 is now complete and published on the Web. Congratulations! You have proven you can gain technical competence in Web publishing and report writing. Now your valuable report will be used by future generations, by students from other places surfing the Web, by researchers interested in data or theory on
driving psychology, and by the general public looking for information on this topic.

Thousands of people who navigate the
Web find these generational student reports through Web search engines when they
are looking for topics on driving psychology. Your effort
will contribute first, to yourself for improving your driving personality and
your information literacy skills; second, for future students who will be
reading your reports, and third, for the public at large. Your research,
observations, and conclusions will be beneficial to others who will read your
reports in the ensuing years. Long after you're no longer a student, your
generational reports will still be serving the public and science.

Note on Privacy:
Students can use a pseudonym or pen name on their reports instead of their real name.
Students who publish their reports on the Web can delete their reports after
being graded. They can also request to have their reports deleted from the Web
after the semester at any time in the future by emailing Dr. James. Usually the
request is honored on the same day it is received. Students can also submit
their reports in typing, privately to the instructor instead of publishing them
on the Web. This will not affect their grade.

Here are the Questions

You must select your Questions as follows:

Questions 1, 3, and 5 (all three)

Questions 2, 4, 6, 7 (any two of them)

That makes 5 questions in all. Each answer should be at least three pages
long (single spaced).

No paragraph can exceed 7 lines. There must be a blank space
after each paragraph (only one blank line, not 2 or 3!). Look at your Report in
your Browser to make sure.

Required to do this:

Each question and question number must be pasted at the beginning of your answer.
The entire question with all sub-parts must be pasted at the beginning of each
question. Then, when you answer sub-parts, paste only the sub-part question
again. In this way readers know what you are answering at all times. Bold the questions and sub-questions so they look different
than your answers. This contrast is necessary so readers are properly oriented
to what you are talking about.

Be sure that your answers show the sub-parts for each question (a), (b), etc.
and also the sub-sub-divisions (i), (ii), etc. This is a requirement for every
Question.

If you answer more than five questions for bonus points (optional), mark each extra question with
the sub-title "For Extra points -- Question Number xx"). The
maximum total bonus points is 4.

Question 1:

(a) Give a brief review of our two textbooks: Road Rage and Aggressive Driving
(James and Nahl), and Driving Lessons: Exploring Systems That Make Traffic
Safer (Peter Rothe, Editor). The reviews should be between 3 and 6
paragraphs for each text.

(b) Select Chapter 8 on Supportive Driving (by James and Nahl) in the Road
Rage book and Chapter 14 on Driving Skills (by Lawrance Lonero) in the
Driving Lessons book. Summarize their content. Be sure to refer to the
author's name(s).

(c) Discuss in what way these ideas can help solve society's driving
problems. Be specific: what are the main problems and how can particular ideas
in these chapters help solve those problems.

(d) Describe any resistance you
experience regarding this orientation, including

(i) the idea that how you drive
is a moral issue of human rights
(ii) the idea of lifelong driver education and
the idea of mandatory participation in QDC support groups

(e) Describe the
reactions of friends when you tell them about driving personality makeovers

Question 2:

(a) Discuss these three Web sites: drivers.com vs.
drdriving.org vs. a third one you
select that you find related to these two. What are their main differences? Be
sure to consider at least the following areas listed below. In your
answer, keep the sub-division as indicated below. Be sure to answer each one. In
order to write a good answer you will need to consult some articles as to how to
evaluate a Web site. Goggle the words evaluating Web sites or pages
and learn how to do it. Give a link to the article if you find one that's
helpful.

(a) Select three student reports at
www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/499s2003/newsgroups Be
sure you put a link to the report you are quoting from. Summarize what the three
students were trying to do, what methods they used, and what they concluded.

(b) Discuss your reactions to what they did – their ideas, their method, and their explanations. What did they gain from doing their reports? How do their ideas influence what you yourself think about these issues?

(c) Now go to some driving newsgroups by Googling the phrase driving
newsgroups. See if you can corroborate the conclusions of the student
reports which were done several years ago. Is this still going on the same way?

(b) Copy the Table again and paste it again. But this time delete the examples in each cell and replace them with your
own examples that you make up. Title this Section: My Version of the Table.
Explain what your table shows and how you came up with it. Discuss your Table
with friends. Summarize their reactions. Summarize your reactions to their
reactions.

(c) Discuss why driving is such a big problem in all
societies and why no effective solutions have yet been found for them. Refer to
our two textbooks for examples of some of the world wide problems and solutions
proposed. Be sure to refer to the author and page numbers. What likelihood
is there that his approach will be adopted? Explain.

Question 5:

(a) Our textbook Road Rage and Aggressive Driving has checklist exercises in several
chapters. Do the following four exercises:

(b) Discuss your
reactions to each exercise? How do you explain your answers? You can give your
answers in their entirety or you can make selections. What do they show about
your driving personality? Where did you get this style of reacting and driving? Discuss how these exercises help you to become more
aware of yourself as a driver.

(c) Do some of the exercises with another driver you know. How do they help
you understand some principles of driving psychology mentioned in the book?
Discuss and illustrate with specific examples.

Question 6:

(a) Search the Web and the University of Hawaii Library Electronic Resources
of full text journals to find out what is known about how cell phone use affects
people's driving. Summarize some of this literature. Be sure you have
articles from both the Web and the Library Electronic Journals Databases. Give
the full reference and link for each article.

(b) Use the theory in the Lecture Notes to explain what drivers need to
learn about themselves in order to be able to handle the proper use of cell
phones while driving. Is it better to train drivers to use cell phones properly
or is it better to outlaw the use of any cell phones while driving? Discuss the
solutions.

Question 7:

(a) Find 3 road rage newspaper stories on the Web that give enough detail
that you can reconstruct enough of the interactions to do a scenario analysis of
events (you can use google News for this). The Road Rage and Aggressive Driving book gives some examples
(see the Book Index under "Scenario analysis:. There is also an example in the
Lecture Notes in the Section on Charts at Table 6 -- see
www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/leonj/leonpsy24/409a-g24-lecture-notes.htm#Charts

(b)
Try to reconstruct the interactions of each News story you selected by making a list or table of
the steps, as illustrated in our textbook. Apply driving psychology principles to explain what's going on and
whether this is a necessary or avoidable outcome.